Using ERPNExt v13.11.1 and I am cannot figure out how to get the PDF button to use my selected/defaulted print format. For eaxmple: I create a Purchase Order. I print the purchase order and it looks like this: [Example%20PO1] However, I need to make a PDF file out if it and send it to another c…

hi @bkm Try setting the host_name to the IP address in your site_config.json should solve that

Agree with @peterg , and empathize with you @bkm . I constantly struggle with creating clean PDFs from Print Formats. I have a few Open Issues on my plate right now, where images aren’t being displayed. Or the layout (columns, alignment, spacing) is drastically different. I think sometimes the mai…

Hi @bkm , I too have faced the same issue. I use a custom format, and the PDF button just completely breaks the formatting. wkhtmltopdf is at fault here. As a workaround, I use the following. Click print on button as you would normally do when a hard copy needs to be printed. In printers, select …

hi @bkm What version of wkhtmltopdf are you on ???

[image] centaur: What version of wkhtmltopdf are you on ??? wkhtmltopdf v0.12.5

You need to upgrade wkhtmltopdf to the latest stable 0.12.6. It should in most case solve the issue

Follow-up to this thread. Today, I finally gave up on trying to link an image (logo) in my Print Format. No matter what I tried, 'wkhtmltopdf' threw an error. So, I’ve changed my strategy completely: Use an .svg logo. Opened the logo in a text editor, and copied the raw XML text. Created a new …

[image] centaur: You need to upgrade wkhtmltopdf to the latest stable 0.12.6. Any possibility that you could point me to the method you used to upgrade your version of wkhtmltopdf? Am I supposed to use the ones with qr patch and is there a version specific to frappe? BKM

Here’s a link, to yourself no less! :smiley: [image] Generated PDF looks weird, wkhtmltopdf, no bootstrap CSS Print Formats I had the same problem as in this post: What helped me was to update wkhtmltopdf: wget https://downloads.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12/0.12.5…

[image] peterg: Here’s a link, to yourself no less! :smiley: LOL :rofl: Back then it was me playing moderator not actually fixing a problem. But thanks for the redirect. It is kinda funny. I will have to try this now. BKM :crazy_face:

How do I get the PDF generator to use my Print Format?

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peterg April 8, 2022, 4:41pm 2

I can’t quite tell what’s going on here just from the screen grabs. Does it look like the css and external images aren’t getting loaded correctly? If so, that’s a well-known quirk of wkhtmltopdf.